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Genetic screening algorithm could identify people with kidney disease risk
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Genetic screening algorithm could identify people with kidney disease risk

by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new algorithm developed by researchers at Columbia University can analyze thousands of variants across the genome and estimate a person’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease—and it works in people of African, Asian, European, and Latinx descent. “With this polygenic method, we can identify...

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Genetic screening before prescribing could benefit millions

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA Four million UK patients could benefit annually from genetic testing before being prescribed common medicines, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in collaboration with Boots UK and Leiden University (Netherlands).  Researchers looked through 2019 NHS dispensing data across the UK to see how many patients are...